Nanotechnology presents the possibility of revolutionizing many aspects of our lives. People in many settings (academic, small and large industrial, and the general public in industrialized nations) are either developing or using engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) or ENM-containing products. However, our u...
Occupational risk is a hazard or danger due to the nature of the working environment of a particular job [1]. The first records of occupational risk or risk awareness are from the 18th century, when Bernardino Ramazzini, the father of occupational treatment, identified the role of one’s occu...
Nanotechnology presents the possibility of revolutionizing many aspects of our lives. People in many settings (academic, small and large industrial, and the general public in industrialized nations) are either developing or using engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) or ENM-containing products. However, our ...
so that this risk concept is not applicable. When dealing with irregular forces and applying the maxims of Clausewitz, the risk is just a function of the intention and the will to harm
of nanoscale materials, which generally encompass the same bounds on ENM size [9,10]. This is in contrast to naturally occurring and unintentionally-produced materials on the same scale, which are referred to as ultrafine particles. The term ultrafine has been used by the aerosol research and ...